Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Master's Theses Graduate College 6-2021 Lawful Violence: The Relationship between Marriage and Conflict in the Wars of the Roses Hannah R. Keller Western Michigan University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses Part of the European History Commons, Medieval History Commons, and the Political History Commons Recommended Citation Keller, Hannah R., "Lawful Violence: The Relationship between Marriage and Conflict in the arsW of the Roses" (2021). Master's Theses. 5217. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/5217 This Masters Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LAWFUL VIOLENCE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND CONFLICT IN THE WARS OF THE ROSES by Hannah R. Keller A thesis submitted to the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts History Western Michigan University June 2021 Thesis Committee: Robert Berkhofer, Ph.D., Chair James Palmitessa, Ph.D. Elizabeth Teviotdale, Ph.D. LAWFUL VIOLENCE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND CONFLICT IN THE WARS OF THE ROSES Hannah R. Keller, M.A. Western MiChigan University, 2021 England’s King Edward IV married Elizabeth Woodville in 1464. Edward’s sister Margaret of York married Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, in 1468. Both Marriages ocCurred during England’s fifteenth-Century confliCt, the Wars of the Roses.